Solution to exchanges 10.2 puzzle: borrowing in the limit as our nerdiness goes to infinity

This is a solution to the editor's puzzle from issue 10.2 of SIGecom Exchanges [Reeves 2011]. The Puzzle asks to determine a point in time such that a lump sum payment of $S will be equivalent to a continuous stream of infinitesimal payments totaling $S, spread evenly over time. The full puzzle...

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Veröffentlicht in:SIGecom exchanges 2012-06, Vol.11 (1), p.39-41
1. Verfasser: Shorrer, Ran I.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This is a solution to the editor's puzzle from issue 10.2 of SIGecom Exchanges [Reeves 2011]. The Puzzle asks to determine a point in time such that a lump sum payment of $S will be equivalent to a continuous stream of infinitesimal payments totaling $S, spread evenly over time. The full puzzle can be found online at: http://www.sigecom.org/exchanges/volume_10/2/puzzle.pdf.
ISSN:1551-9031
1551-9031
DOI:10.1145/2325713.2325721